Three nabbed as police discover bomb factory in Jos

JOS—The Police in Plateau State have arrested three persons in connection with a bomb factory they discovered around the Angwan-Rogo Area of Jos.

A competent source, craving anonymity, said in Jos, yesterday, that the suspects were arrested after officers of the anti-bomb squad cordoned off a building, believed to be housing assorted explosives.

“The Police anti-bomb squad got information that a house, near Sani-Santi Bread bakery, at Agwan Rogo, in Jos North, was suspected to house Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, and bomb making materials.

“On the strength of the information, the anti-bomb squad cordon off the area and conducted a search in conjunction with other police officers,” the source said.

According to reports the police command had initially indicated that it would parade the suspects along with the explosives on Monday, but later shelved the idea. The explosives were, however, sighted but they were later evacuated after the command cancelled the briefing where the suspects and the IEDs would have been paraded.

The source had said that several bags of ammonium nitrate fuel, capable of making 150 IEDs, were discovered.